| Total Pilot Wages & Salaries and Benefits & Payroll Taxes per Pilot Employee Equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NO ADJUSTMENTS MADE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
| American | $ 148,114 | $ 151,747 | $ 170,627 | $ 179,756 | $ 170,470 | $ 175,025 | $ 165,621 | $ 176,081 | $ 185,263 | $ 186,452 | $ 200,862 | $ 207,245 | $ 208,578 | $ 200,371 | $ 198,352 | $ 205,628 | $ 207,135 | $ 190,918 | $ 189,508 | $ 195,075 | $ 263,754 | $ 275,644 | $ 300,108 | $ 295,769 | $ 303,591 | $ 323,688 | |
| Continental | $ 103,394 | $ 123,695 | $ 139,131 | $ 168,220 | $ 174,774 | $ 181,928 | $ 179,697 | $ 152,212 | $ 215,663 | $ 204,600 | $ 178,055 | $ 164,765 | $ 164,903 | $ 163,573 | $ 187,454 | $ 180,014 | $ 208,281 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| Delta | $ 164,191 | $ 199,395 | $ 162,410 | $ 148,683 | $ 164,772 | $ 166,975 | $ 204,090 | $ 227,478 | $ 290,434 | $ 305,559 | $ 241,786 | $ 210,746 | $ 151,789 | $ 151,805 | $ 162,196 | $ 186,099 | $ 194,370 | $ 208,360 | $ 247,175 | $ 261,773 | $ 265,695 | $ 301,135 | $ 297,600 | $ 301,697 | $ 328,598 | $ 309,594 | |
| Northwest | $ 182,253 | $ 166,978 | $ 156,552 | $ 176,605 | $ 166,768 | $ 165,876 | $ 175,568 | $ 194,557 | $ 223,981 | $ 234,606 | $ 225,077 | $ 176,024 | $ 167,457 | $ 159,975 | $ 243,788 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| United | $ 159,962 | $ 173,444 | $ 169,535 | $ 164,207 | $ 142,134 | $ 164,065 | $ 191,148 | $ 267,626 | $ 186,083 | $ 199,532 | $ 163,611 | $ 161,213 | $ 160,425 | $ 169,114 | $ 184,357 | $ 177,574 | $ 161,797 | $ 191,140 | $ 221,804 | $ 245,052 | $ 243,537 | $ 274,194 | $ 304,295 | $ 323,147 | $ 329,710 | $ 332,142 | |
| US Airways | $ 172,290 | $ 195,289 | $ 215,733 | $ 193,730 | $ 191,765 | $ 180,989 | $ 231,355 | $ 264,098 | $ 247,113 | $ 224,312 | $ 164,239 | $ 525,855 | $ 419,214 | $ 162,636 | $ 159,089 | $ 157,464 | $ 156,521 | $ 157,139 | $ 160,849 | $ 208,781 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| American West | $ 97,040 | $ 102,225 | $ 106,879 | $ 105,497 | $ 92,601 | $ 121,791 | $ 122,291 | $ 114,126 | $ 123,359 | $ 133,308 | $ 134,654 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| --sub Network | $ 155,204 | $ 169,028 | $ 166,960 | $ 167,155 | $ 161,338 | $ 169,327 | $ 186,019 | $ 207,745 | $ 214,641 | $ 219,479 | $ 196,074 | $ 208,016 | $ 205,068 | $ 170,766 | $ 186,896 | $ 185,133 | $ 189,110 | $ 192,495 | $ 214,531 | $ 233,100 | $ 257,957 | $ 283,703 | $ 300,496 | $ 305,956 | $ 319,972 | $ 321,276 | |
| Southwest | $ 128,546 | $ 128,382 | $ 133,723 | $ - | $ 134,959 | $ 126,992 | $ 128,497 | $ 134,976 | $ 167,686 | $ 182,789 | $ 196,794 | $ 219,569 | $ 205,164 | $ 209,040 | $ 213,889 | $ 237,803 | $ 247,315 | $ 230,284 | $ 244,632 | $ 255,105 | $ 305,731 | $ 317,277 | $ 325,242 | $ 312,477 | $ 331,305 | $ 399,480 | |
| AirTran | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 61,723 | $ 72,523 | $ 76,233 | $ 86,602 | $ 95,684 | $ 101,721 | $ 114,430 | $ 111,555 | $ 114,116 | $ 116,841 | $ 118,446 | $ 123,283 | $ 127,934 | $ 148,659 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| jetBlue | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 25,905 | $ 78,126 | $ 124,887 | $ 130,249 | $ 120,455 | $ 113,812 | $ 124,203 | $ 137,633 | $ 140,948 | $ 164,264 | $ 185,836 | $ 183,963 | $ 196,536 | $ 211,974 | $ 218,190 | $ 240,802 | $ 236,059 | $ 234,860 | $ 264,683 | $ 289,334 | $ 267,042 | |
| Alaska | $ 127,815 | $ 130,439 | $ 139,237 | $ 65,187 | $ 66,770 | $ 165,791 | $ 176,364 | $ 198,712 | $ 227,955 | $ 223,297 | $ 211,407 | $ 192,768 | $ 195,817 | $ 181,722 | $ 257,848 | $ 75,229 | $ 76,382 | $ 232,843 | $ 240,093 | $ 239,914 | $ 232,206 | $ 227,056 | $ 243,696 | $ 265,324 | $ 263,943 | $ 234,799 | |
| Virgin America | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 86,248 | $ 34,721 | $ 39,372 | $ 113,286 | $ 131,242 | $ 165,156 | $ 188,299 | $ 188,899 | $ 215,759 | $ - | $ - | $ - | |
| Hawaiian | $ 110,286 | $ 106,281 | $ 110,400 | $ 102,420 | $ 2,456,399 | $ 101,486 | $ 131,195 | $ 159,324 | $ 157,866 | $ 210,747 | $ 216,822 | $ 192,896 | $ 173,544 | $ - | $ 188,636 | $ 190,656 | $ 179,864 | $ 200,830 | $ 221,984 | $ 216,990 | $ 247,371 | $ 228,897 | $ 240,787 | $ 253,417 | $ 251,877 | $ 279,418 | |
| --sub LCC | $ 126,857 | $ 127,318 | $ 125,265 | $ 168,836 | $ 104,112 | $ 125,146 | $ 132,562 | $ 143,835 | $ 167,475 | $ 176,888 | $ 177,677 | $ 184,831 | $ 178,694 | $ 182,159 | $ 193,501 | $ 160,194 | $ 164,026 | $ 217,724 | $ 231,577 | $ 240,114 | $ 274,128 | $ 277,251 | $ 284,734 | $ 290,792 | $ 305,694 | $ 331,544 | |
| Allegiant | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 57,590 | $ 56,318 | $ 66,739 | $ 75,781 | $ 95,758 | $ 103,236 | $ 105,732 | $ 112,719 | $ 109,780 | $ 112,711 | $ 125,656 | $ 167,103 | $ 193,768 | $ 185,340 | $ 178,018 | |
| Frontier | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 30,627 | $ 32,426 | $ 42,209 | $ 115,238 | $ 124,813 | $ 124,057 | $ 126,493 | $ 112,204 | $ 115,083 | $ 123,788 | $ 122,700 | $ 108,157 | $ 112,943 | $ 113,422 | $ 116,122 | $ 115,778 | $ 143,346 | $ 181,781 | $ 171,801 | $ 166,083 | $ 237,202 | $ 220,599 | $ 214,858 | |
| Spirit | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 18,703 | $ 79,274 | $ 74,513 | $ 78,428 | $ 92,114 | $ 94,831 | $ 114,820 | $ 123,459 | $ 126,189 | $ 106,962 | $ 126,388 | $ 129,031 | $ 129,996 | $ 131,721 | $ 129,506 | $ 135,320 | $ 141,024 | $ 145,794 | $ 121,056 | $ 161,810 | $ 200,365 | $ 204,946 | |
| -- sub Other | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 30,627 | $ 24,390 | $ 53,643 | $ 95,105 | $ 102,812 | $ 105,512 | $ 104,741 | $ 98,894 | $ 109,128 | $ 111,751 | $ 105,429 | $ 106,064 | $ 114,076 | $ 116,893 | $ 119,945 | $ 121,242 | $ 132,106 | $ 148,245 | $ 149,290 | $ 144,839 | $ 190,343 | $ 203,427 | $ 202,459 | |
| Total All Sectors | $ 152,667 | $ 164,856 | $ 161,113 | $ 166,238 | $ 151,598 | $ 163,082 | $ 178,733 | $ 197,702 | $ 205,469 | $ 209,748 | $ 190,188 | $ 200,574 | $ 196,224 | $ 171,276 | $ 186,015 | $ 175,494 | $ 178,975 | $ 196,331 | $ 215,027 | $ 230,015 | $ 255,959 | $ 273,425 | $ 284,871 | $ 292,842 | $ 306,450 | $ 313,202 | |
| Notes: The full effect of each Delta's and Northwest's restructuring of financials and operations are not fully reflected in 2006. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pilot Cost includes: | salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: Does not include any profit sharing reported outside of Schedule P-5.2 (some airlines appear to report profit sharing for pilots in Schedule P-6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data Source: US DOT Form 41, Schedules P52 & P10. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||